AFL

Greater Western Sydney
15.8.98
Western Bulldogs
10.13.73
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Greater Western Sydney
Western Bulldogs
Q1
4.3.27
3.4.22

    Greater Western Sydney Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, J.Cameron
  • 3 mins - Goal, L.Whitfield
  • 5 mins - Behind, T.Greene
  • 7 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 8 mins - Goal, J.Cameron
  • 20 mins - Goal, J.Cameron
  • 28 mins - Behind, S.Coniglio

    Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 15 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 16 mins - Behind, L.Hunter
  • 17 mins - Goal, L.Hunter
  • 19 mins - Goal, L.Jong
  • 22 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 30 mins - Behind, M.Bontempelli
  • 31 mins - Goal, L.Jong
Q2
9.5.59
6.6.42

    Greater Western Sydney Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, J.Cameron
  • 9 mins - Goal, D.Shiel
  • 11 mins - Goal, R.Palmer
  • 12 mins - Goal, T.Scully
  • 14 mins - Goal, T.Greene
  • 19 mins - Behind, J.Cameron
  • 25 mins - Rushed Behind

    Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 15 mins - Goal, T.Campbell
  • 17 mins - Goal, M.Wallis
  • 21 mins - Behind, J.Roughead
  • 27 mins - Rushed Behind
Q3
13.7.85
7.9.51

    Greater Western Sydney Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, S.Johnson
  • 11 mins - Behind, J.Cameron
  • 12 mins - Goal, S.Johnson
  • 19 mins - Goal, S.Coniglio
  • 26 mins - Behind, S.Coniglio
  • 29 mins - Goal, T.Greene

    Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 9 mins - Behind, T.Campbell
  • 14 mins - Goal, T.McLean
  • 15 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 28 mins - Rushed Behind
Q4
15.8.98
10.13.73

    Greater Western Sydney Events

  • 2 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 6 mins - Goal, T.Greene
  • 12 mins - Goal, J.Cameron

    Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 4 mins - Behind, T.Dickson
  • 5 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
  • 10 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
  • 11 mins - Behind, L.Jong
  • 15 mins - Behind, J.Stringer
  • 19 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 21 mins - Goal, T.McLean

Scorers

Greater Western Sydney
Western Bulldogs
Goal Scorers Greater Western Sydney Western Bulldogs
Goals and Behinds Cameron (5.2), Greene (3.1), Johnson (2.0), Coniglio (1.2), Palmer (1.0), Scully (1.0), Shiel (1.0), Whitfield (1.0) Dickson (2.1), Jong (2.1), McLean (2.0), Campbell (1.1), Hunter (1.1), Stringer (1.1), Wallis (1.0), Bontempelli (0.1), Roughead (0.1)

Team Statistics

Greater Western Sydney
Western Bulldogs

Statistics

Greater Western Sydney Western Bulldogs
Goals 15 10
Behinds 8 13
Scoring shots 23 22
Goals/scoring shots 65 45
Disposals 396 369
Greater Western SydneyGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
M.Buntine 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
J.Cameron 12 10 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 0
S.Coniglio 32 16 6 16 11 8 0 1 1 4
T.Greene 22 14 9 8 3 3 1 3 0 1
N.Haynes 15 12 6 3 7 3 2 0 0 0
J.Hopper 18 8 6 10 8 3 0 0 0 3
S.Johnson 14 10 3 4 7 5 2 0 0 1
J.Kelly 17 11 6 6 3 3 1 0 0 1
A.Kennedy 19 14 9 5 4 0 0 2 0 1
R.Lobb 11 5 7 6 6 3 0 0 3 1
T.Mohr 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
S.Mumford 13 3 6 10 10 5 0 1 42 3
R.Palmer 15 7 5 8 5 2 1 0 0 2
J.Patfull 9 5 5 4 3 0 0 2 0 0
J.Patton 13 10 9 3 5 3 1 3 0 0
T.Scully 21 11 7 10 6 2 1 3 0 2
H.Shaw 38 36 14 2 5 6 1 1 0 0
D.Shiel 27 16 7 11 8 6 1 0 0 7
C.Ward 30 16 8 14 13 11 1 2 0 7
L.Whitfield 18 13 9 5 3 8 0 0 0 1
Z.Williams 27 12 6 15 12 8 0 1 0 1
N.Wilson 21 18 8 3 2 3 0 2 0 0
Western BulldogsGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
J.Adcock 16 8 6 8 2 1 0 0 0 0
S.Biggs 17 9 3 8 4 3 1 0 0 0
M.Bontempelli 32 11 4 21 15 4 1 0 1 6
T.Campbell 9 7 3 2 4 3 2 1 23 0
K.Collins 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
L.Dahlhaus 28 10 3 18 12 5 1 0 0 4
C.Daniel 21 9 2 12 6 0 0 2 0 2
T.Dickson 12 9 5 3 6 1 2 0 0 0
L.Hunter 24 17 6 7 11 1 1 1 0 4
L.Jong 13 7 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 1
T.Liberatore 20 8 3 12 10 2 1 0 0 3
J.Macrae 26 15 4 11 6 3 3 1 0 2
T.McLean 10 5 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 2
D.Morris 14 9 5 5 6 1 2 0 0 0
L.Picken 22 12 5 10 11 9 3 1 1 2
F.Roberts 10 6 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
J.Roughead 11 6 4 5 4 5 0 1 12 0
K.Stevens 14 6 4 8 8 4 1 0 0 2
J.Stringer 11 6 2 5 3 1 1 1 0 1
M.Wallis 24 9 1 15 10 3 0 1 1 5
B.Williams 16 9 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 0
E.Wood 15 9 5 6 8 4 0 2 0 0

Match Details

Greater Western Sydney
Western Bulldogs
START TIME
3:20PM
WEATHER
Haze
VENUE
Spotless Stadium
Umpires
Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Chris Kamolins
GWS 15.8 (98) Bulldogs 10.13 (73)

Jeremy Cameron haul inspires undermanned Giants to blow away Bulldogs

Despite losing two key players to injury in the opening quarter, the Greater Western Sydney Giants underlined their top-four credentials with a gutsy 25-point win over the Western Bulldogs at Spotless Stadium on Sunday night.

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Giants too strong for Bulldogs

The GWS Giants defeated the Western Bulldogs by 25 points on Sunday afternoon.

Both Matt Buntine and the luckless Tim Mohr were out of the game by the opening change after Mohr suffering a hamstring strain in just his second game back from injury and Buntine suffered concussion after being hit side-on by Lin Jong.

Jong was reported for the incident, after Buntine bent down to reach the ball to be met firmly by the Bulldogs' midfielder. It only added to what proved to be a grim outing for Luke Beveridge's side.

Rory Lobb of the Giants competes for the ball against Fletcher Roberts of the Bulldogs.
Rory Lobb of the Giants competes for the ball against Fletcher Roberts of the Bulldogs. 

Given the quality of the opponent and the mid-game circumstances, the win will rank as one of the Giants' best of the season, and may answer a lingering doubt or two about their ability to handle adversity.

But for the Bulldogs, it surely has to be regarded as an opportunity lost. After being outplayed in the first term, they managed to hit the lead early in the second term and boasted a numerical advantage that should have put them in the box seat.

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Instead, the Giants went on a rampage that proved decisive in the final outcome, laying on five goals in a sensational 8½ minute burst that delighted most of the 9612 on hand. It was a spell that shocked the Dogs and split the game wide open.

Despite the odd spurt of resistance, the visitors never genuinely found a way back into the contest as the Giants refused to wilt. Bad kicking for goal didn't help; both sides had the same number of scoring shots but the Bulldogs managed five fewer goals.

Investigated for deliberately hiding from drug testers: Lachie Whitfield.
Investigated for deliberately hiding from drug testers: Lachie Whitfield. Photo: Getty Images

And while Jake Stringer might have been dragging in all the headlines so far this season, it was a brilliant five-goal haul at the other end by Giants' spearhead Jeremy Cameron that made the difference. He set the tone with three in the first term, while Stringer finished the night with just a single major.

Heath Shaw was every bit Cameron's equal, coming out of defence and amassing 38 possessions, 36 of which were kicks, the most of any player since Geelong's Peter Featherby in round 16, 1981. Just as staggering, however, was that every single kick from Shaw hit a target.

They were ably supported by a lengthy support cast, Stephen Coniglio and ex-Bulldog Callan Ward taking care of the stoppages. As usual, the Giants' runners – Dylan Shiel, Tom Scully and Toby Greene – were almost untouchable.

Marcus Bontempelli (32 possessions) and Luke Dalhaus (28) battled away gamely for the Bulldogs but it was an otherwise unimpressive display.

The win lifts Leon Cameron's team above Sydney to third and firmly on track for their first finals appearance, extending their win-loss record to 7-2 and pushing them a game clear of the Bulldogs, West Coast and Hawthorn.

The Dogs were initially inspired when they saw the Giants reduced to just 20 fit men, eating away at the Giants' early lead and apparently growing in confidence when Stringer kicked truly after quarter-time.

The question was back on the Giants. Could they settle and respond, despite the numerical deficiency?

But they didn't respond so much as launch an all-out blitzkrieg. Five goals in 8½ minutes was machine-gun assault.

The first of those goals, a snap from Cameron off his left from near the arc, was sensational. But Shiel's check side effort soon after was just as good, and a turbo-charged goal from Scully, leaving others in his wake, was utterly breathtaking.

While the Bulldogs didn't fall completely away, their attempt at a comeback before the main break was lukewarm at best, leaving the Giants 17 points in the clear.

But a four goal to one third term set up a 34-point lead for the Giants and, from then on, it was a comfortable ride to the finish line on a night that proved the Giants – if they can keep this run going – are every bit the contender.

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